Fire marshal: Springfield man set fire, created homemade bomb

5:56 PM,
Jan. 9, 2014

Doyle Huskey

Written by

Stephen Herzog
SHERZOG@NEWS-LEADER.COM

A fire marshal's report says a late December house fire in west Springfield was set intentionally - and a homemade bomb could have made the situation much worse.

The man accused of setting the fire and making the bomb now faces several charges, including "attempted assault" on those who responded to the fire.

According to a probable cause statement filed by Springfield Fire Marshal Phil Noah, firefighters arrived at the North Hillcrest Avenue home on Dec. 28 and found the fire had already caused significant damage. ...